Sell plastic pallets in Texas
Texas had 175,579 warehousing jobs in 2025, 2nd among the states, and its most concentrated pallet-using industry is warehousing and storage. Send the lot with its ZIP; the desk reads size, style, grade and marks, and rules it sold, returned or scrapped.
Last reviewed November 12, 2026
Texas in numbers
- Warehousing and storage jobs, 2025
- 175,579 (2nd of 50 states)
- Warehousing establishments
- 2,174 (2nd of 50); about 81 jobs each
- Share of US warehousing jobs
- 9.23%
- Food manufacturing jobs
- 112,088 (2nd of 50)
- Most concentrated pallet-using industry
- warehousing and storage, 1.0x the national share of employment
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing jobs
- 15,366
- Motor vehicle assembly jobs
- 28,069
- Auto parts jobs
- 23,517
- Refrigerated warehouse space, October 1, 2025
- 254 million cubic feet (6th of 50)
Reading a Texas lot
Count the warehouses and Texas comes 2nd; count the jobs in them and it comes 2nd. Only 1 state is larger by warehousing jobs. With about 81 people a site against a national 82, a lot is often a few stacks from one of many small docks.
Texas has 0.6 food manufacturing jobs for every warehousing job, against 0.9 across the fifty states. Distribution carries more weight than food production, and a dock that receives from many suppliers collects many marks. Among the other industries counted here, motor vehicle assembly (28,069 jobs) is 1.8 times the size of pharmaceutical manufacturing (15,366).
Dallas County holds 25.4% of Texas's warehousing jobs, and the top 3 listed hold 50.1%. The jobs are spread across the state, so no one county sets the route. The dossier follows 5 metros in Texas: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Houston-The Woodlands, Laredo, San Antonio-New Braunfels and Austin-Round Rock.
USDA counted 254 million cubic feet of refrigerated warehouse space in Texas, 6th of 50 and about 1,447 cubic feet for each warehousing job, against 2,254 across the states it reports. Cold storage is a smaller part of the picture here, so most lots come off ambient docks.
Where Texas's warehousing jobs sit
| County | Warehousing jobs | Share of the state's total |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas | 44,657 | 25.4% |
| Harris | 23,802 | 13.6% |
| Tarrant | 19,462 | 11.1% |
What Texas's industries put on the dock
- Warehousing and storage: 175,579 jobs, 2025
- Food manufacturing: 112,088 jobs, 2025
By location quotient warehousing and storage leads in Texas, with 1.0 times the national share of employment. The page on distribution centers shows what that industry sets down on a dock.
Metros and freight clusters in Texas
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington: 11 counties (Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman...). 82,593 private jobs in warehousing and storage in 2025 (4.34% of the US total; 2.3% of local private jobs), disclosed counties only. Largest warehousing counties: Dallas (44,657), Tarrant (19,462), Denton (8,516). Most concentrated: warehousing and storage at 1.6x the national share of employment. ZIPs with the most warehousing establishments (Census ZBP 2023): 75050 Grand Prairie (39), 76177 Fort Worth (36), 75006 Carrollton (27), 75261 Dallas (20), 75134 Lancaster (20).
Houston-The Woodlands. Houston-The Woodlands: 10 counties (Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris...). 33,785 private jobs in warehousing and storage in 2025 (1.78% of the US total; 1.2% of local private jobs), disclosed counties only. Largest warehousing counties: Harris (23,802), Fort Bend (5,368), Montgomery (1,828). Most concentrated: chemical manufacturing at 2.2x the national share of employment. ZIPs with the most warehousing establishments (Census ZBP 2023): 77571 La Porte (33), 77032 Houston (24), 77523 Baytown (18), 77029 Houston (17), 77507 Pasadena (15). The Houston Ship Channel handled 54,491,066 short tons across Port Houston's public terminals in 2025 and 4,303,345 TEUs, with petrochemical and plastics cargo alongside consumer imports.
Laredo. Laredo: 1 counties (Webb). 2,014 private jobs in warehousing and storage in 2025 (0.11% of the US total; 2.4% of local private jobs). Most concentrated: warehousing and storage at 1.7x the national share of employment. ZIPs with the most warehousing establishments (Census ZBP 2023): 78045 Laredo (72), 78041 Laredo (10), 78043 Laredo (3).
San Antonio-New Braunfels. San Antonio-New Braunfels: 8 counties (Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall...). 16,751 private jobs in warehousing and storage in 2025 (0.88% of the US total; 1.8% of local private jobs), disclosed counties only. Largest warehousing counties: Bexar (14,487), Comal (2,264). Most concentrated: motor vehicle manufacturing at 3.0x the national share of employment. ZIPs with the most warehousing establishments (Census ZBP 2023): 78218 San Antonio (29), 78219 San Antonio (16), 78154 Schertz (7), 78207 San Antonio (6), 78226 San Antonio (5).
Austin-Round Rock. Austin-Round Rock: 5 counties (Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, Williamson). 5,657 private jobs in warehousing and storage in 2025 (0.30% of the US total; 0.5% of local private jobs), disclosed counties only. Largest warehousing counties: Travis (5,179), Williamson (478). Most concentrated: warehousing and storage at 0.4x the national share of employment. ZIPs with the most warehousing establishments (Census ZBP 2023): 78744 Austin (15), 78660 Pflugerville (12), 78758 Austin (7), 78753 Austin (6), 78728 Austin (6).
Where Texas sits among the fifty
| Measure, 2025 | Texas | Next state above | Next state below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warehousing jobs | 2nd: 175,579 | California, 236,923 (+61,344) | Pennsylvania, 123,481 (-52,098) |
| Warehousing establishments | 2nd: 2,174 | California, 2,776 (+602) | Florida, 1,249 (-925) |
| Food manufacturing jobs | 2nd: 112,088 | California, 166,660 (+54,572) | Illinois, 98,300 (-13,788) |
States next to Texas
| State | Warehousing jobs | Largest county for warehousing | Food manufacturing jobs | Top concentration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 5,725 | Doña Ana (411) | 6,374 | dairy product manufacturing |
| Oklahoma | 19,669 | Oklahoma (8,307) | 20,047 | meat and poultry processing |
| Arkansas | 15,624 | Pulaski (7,477) | 51,799 | meat and poultry processing |
| Louisiana | 15,312 | East Baton Rouge (3,948) | 16,970 | chemical manufacturing |
Texas has more warehousing jobs than any of these. The largest of them, Oklahoma, has 0.1 times Texas's 175,579. A lot near a state line can be read against either side, so give the exact ZIP.
More on Texas from the sources
- Private employers in the US averaged 1,901,976 jobs across 23,345 establishments in warehousing and storage (NAICS 493) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (236,923), Texas (175,579), Pennsylvania (123,481), Florida (105,401), Ohio (98,354). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 73,136 jobs across 1,811 establishments in refrigerated warehousing (NAICS 49312) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (9,969), Texas (6,638), New Jersey (5,388), Georgia (4,453), Pennsylvania (4,102). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 1,775,008 jobs across 42,763 establishments in food manufacturing (NAICS 311) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: California (166,660), Texas (112,088), Illinois (98,300), Pennsylvania (82,538), Wisconsin (81,993). (data.bls.gov)
- Private employers in the US averaged 556,647 jobs across 4,689 establishments in meat and poultry processing (NAICS 3116) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Texas (44,780), Georgia (42,030), North Carolina (35,715), Arkansas (34,773), Iowa (33,386). (data.bls.gov)
Other pallet-using industries counted in Texas
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Against warehousing jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmaceutical manufacturing | 15,366 | 0.1 to 1 |
| Motor vehicle assembly | 28,069 | 0.2 to 1 |
| Auto parts | 23,517 | 0.1 to 1 |
Sending a lot from Texas
Count the stacks, give the ZIP where they stand, and use the sorter or the form below. If the dock holds strays and a mixed dock, say so in the message.
How many warehousing jobs does Texas have?
175,579 private-sector jobs across 2,174 establishments in 2025, 9.23% of the US total, which ranks Texas 2nd of 50.
Do you take plastic pallets from Texas?
Yes. The desk reads lots from every state, and the ZIP lets it read the route in Texas. This site states no price or pickup date.
Which Texas industry is most concentrated?
Warehousing and storage, at 1.0 times the national share of employment in the 2025 federal data used here.
What the sources say
- Port Houston's public terminals handled 4,303,345 TEUs in 2025 (up 4 percent, a record) and 54,491,066 short tons of cargo; the Houston Ship Channel is described as the nation's largest port for waterborne tonnage, with more than 200 private and eight public terminals. (porthouston.com)
- Port Houston says it supports 1.54 million jobs in Texas and 3.37 million nationwide, and that its 2025 growth included petrochemical and industrial shipments, manufacturing-related freight and consumer imports. (porthouston.com)
- That Nelson model is under 5 in tall, which the page says suits air freight, and works with automation and most roller conveyors. (nelsoncompany.com)
- Static capacity is the highest of the three ratings; racking is often the lowest; dynamic is always lower than static. (nelsoncompany.com)
- Private employers in the US averaged 556,647 jobs across 4,689 establishments in meat and poultry processing (NAICS 3116) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Texas (44,780), Georgia (42,030), North Carolina (35,715), Arkansas (34,773), Iowa (33,386). (data.bls.gov)
- The Northwest Seaport Alliance (Seattle and Tacoma) handled 3,156,598 TEUs of international and domestic containers in 2025, down 5.5 percent from 2024, with full imports down 10.3 percent and full exports down 4.9 percent. (nwseaportalliance.com)
- EPA's 2018 municipal solid waste data: plastics generation was 35.68 million tons, of which 3.09 million tons (8.7 percent) were recycled and 26.97 million tons landfilled; natural HDPE bottles were recycled at 29.3 percent. The page gives no pallet-specific or polypropylene figure. (epa.gov)
- That Nelson model lists about 60 pallets per stack and 1,800 per truck. (nelsoncompany.com)
- A used Nelson 48 x 40 x 6.3 in HDPE one-piece pallet weighs 49 lb with 30,000 lb static, 5,000 lb dynamic and 2,200 lb racking ratings. (nelsoncompany.com)
- Only pallets designed for unsupported racking carry a racking rating. (nelsoncompany.com)
- Plastic pallets are often described as lasting 100 trips or more, and can cost roughly 10 times as much as hardwood pallets. (en.wikipedia.org)
- ISO 6780 lists 1016 x 1219 mm for North America, 1000 x 1200 mm for Europe and Asia and 800 x 1200 mm for Europe. (en.wikipedia.org)
- FM 4996 passes a pallet if fire is controlled at 5.9 mm/min (0.15 GPM/ft2) within a 10-minute test of eight 1.2 m stacks. (iccsafe.org)
- UL 2335 has an idle pallet test and a commodity storage test. (iccsafe.org)
- Resin identification codes do not indicate whether a product is recyclable; ASTM D7611 governs the coding. (en.wikipedia.org)
Keep reading
Send a lot from your state
Size, count, grade, branding and ZIP. Photos help, and you can reply to the first answer with them. This site states no price or pickup date.